Albany Law Journal, Volume 35Weed, Parsons & Company, 1887 |
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... Justice ; death of 281 501 master and servant ; bill to increase master's liability for negligence 121 future of our laws .... extradition , the law of , Samuel T. Spear , on ... 204 federal jurisdiction , a peculiar case of , Alden ...
... Justice ; death of 281 501 master and servant ; bill to increase master's liability for negligence 121 future of our laws .... extradition , the law of , Samuel T. Spear , on ... 204 federal jurisdiction , a peculiar case of , Alden ...
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... justice , without distinction of sex or emotions . Now if our Legislature choose to abolish capital punishment , well and good . We are rather in favor of the experiment , for if it does not work well we shall have less carping at the ...
... justice , without distinction of sex or emotions . Now if our Legislature choose to abolish capital punishment , well and good . We are rather in favor of the experiment , for if it does not work well we shall have less carping at the ...
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... Justice Story , who delivered the opinion of the court , after having declared that the trustees must be held liable on the personal covenant , though executing the deed as trustees , says : " It is contended that the two cov- enants in ...
... Justice Story , who delivered the opinion of the court , after having declared that the trustees must be held liable on the personal covenant , though executing the deed as trustees , says : " It is contended that the two cov- enants in ...
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... justice . After they arrived there the officer said to the magis- trate that she wished to withdraw the charge , to which the justice replied it could not be done , and informed the accused that he must marry the woman , give $ 1,000 ...
... justice . After they arrived there the officer said to the magis- trate that she wished to withdraw the charge , to which the justice replied it could not be done , and informed the accused that he must marry the woman , give $ 1,000 ...
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... justice who was extremely harsh with criminals . The weakness of the old Puritan was his veneration for veterans of the war . The Philadelphia News tells this anecdote of the judge : McCallum had fought four years . His client was a ...
... justice who was extremely harsh with criminals . The weakness of the old Puritan was his veneration for veterans of the war . The Philadelphia News tells this anecdote of the judge : McCallum had fought four years . His client was a ...
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Page 109 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It Is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision ; but when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial, department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become...
Page 107 - ... may be brought before such Judges or other Magistrates respectively to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered...
Page 292 - ... to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.
Page 268 - The negotiation of sales of goods which are in another State, for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made, is interstate commerce.
Page 86 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 311 - ... nor shall sell or offer for sale, or have in his, her or their possession, with intent to sell the same, as an article of food.
Page 334 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...
Page 35 - First, the judgment of the court, though in form a personal judgment against the defendant, has no effect beyond the property attached in that suit. No general execution can be issued for any balance unpaid after the attached property is exhausted. No suit can be maintained on such a judgment in the same court, or in any other ; nor can it be used as evidence in any other proceeding not affecting the attached property ; nor could the costs in that proceeding be collected of defendant out of any other...
Page 56 - Union, that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, and into the gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said state as to the inhabitants of other states and the territories of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said state...
Page 109 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract — when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act — the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department ; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the Court.